[Rehabilitation treatment of patients with sequelae of stroke at a specialized rehabilitation center in Leningrad].

The article reviews a ten-year experience with rehabilitation of post-stroke patients accumulated at specialized in- and out-patient rehabilitation centers. The authors present the principles of structuring the recovery process, as well as the main components of rehabilitation programmes, individual methods, and their combination. The ultimate results of rehabilitation treatment are considerably better than those observed following the traditional chemo- and physiotherapy.

[System for rehabilitating patients with vascular pathology of the brain].

The authors have developed a rehabilitation system intended for patients with different cerebrovascular diseases. The system covers initial manifestations of insufficiency of the cerebral blood supply, transient disorders of the cerebral blood circulation, as well as acute, restorative and residual periods of the stroke. The system is being realized in territorial polyclinics, neurologic departments of city hospitals, rehabilitative inpatient centres and polyclinics.

[4-stage system of treatment of patients with injuries of the musculo-skeletal apparatus].

The four-step system for the treatment of traumatological patients contributes to earlier rehabilitation and shortens the time fo staying in hospitals. It also decreases the invalidism percentage.